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A True 360 Story..
skoomaster | 5:04 PM on 02.15.2008 9 comments


Well about two days ago I was playing with some friends over Xbox Live Halo 3 when suddenly my screen got completely green and I could only hear how my friends were shooting at me.
I turned it off and the same thing happened, except the screen was completely blue. I get my phone and call Microsoft to report the issue, they tell me I have to pay $1080 Mexican pesos (Yes I live on Mexico, but I've got passport and all that shit, in fact I study at the U.S. on a private school). I'm like WTF!, why do I have to pay, then this guy tells me that the 3 year warranty only covers RRODs, I don't want to pay for a repair so the most reasonable thing to do was to RROd my Xbox. I get some towels ready and a blanket, I turn it on and it starts overheating but it turns off. I try this like for about 5 hours and having no success I decide to leave it for another day. I came back home and decided to continue killing my 360, I connect it to my TV and it worked, guess trying killing it actually fixed it.

Has anyone else experienced something similar, if so don't bother to leave a comment..



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Dr Milkdad's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, I heard this is a temporary fix... It's weird but it works.

My 360's dvd drive won't read any of my games and Microsoft says I can only get it fixed if it's RROD... But I have another plan, I'll let you know how that goes.
Cutie Honey's Destructoid Blog
It's funny, there are a lot of stories out there of people intentionally breaking their hardware right before their warranty runs out just to get a fix on everything else. Or they turn a small broken function into a bigger problem to qualify for the free repair.

Keep us updated on how it goes.
ceark's Destructoid Blog
darn. I thought I was getting another RIP post.
Y0j1mb0's Destructoid Blog
Ceark:

Give it a couple of days.
mistic's Destructoid Blog
like they say,

if it aint broke, fix it until it is!
shmelo's Destructoid Blog
Thats rich, fixin ur 360 by breaking some more, nice. I hate console interruptions during game play myself, I feel some of your pain.
tazarthayoot's Destructoid Blog
Luckily 1000 pesos is only like 4 dollars and a stick of gum. I can loan you that, if you want.
Velt's Destructoid Blog
I live in south america, gamers here we get fucked... at least microsoft has some xbox360 customer service in Mexico. Here in uruguay I dont really think they will know what Im talking about even if I bring a 360 to their offices.
skoomaster's Destructoid Blog
well, tarzarthayoot...it is actually around 95 dollars for your information.


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